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Selective logging changes character of tropical forest
2013-02-28 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Selective logging is usually considered less harmful than other forestry practices, such as clear cutting, but a new study in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Science has found that even selective logging has a major impact on tropical forests lasting decades. Comparing trees in two previously logged sites and two unlogged sites in northeast India, researchers found less tree diversity in selectively logged forests with trees dispersed by birds proved especially hard-hit....
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